Provides techniques that explain meaning and understanding in music. This book covers such topics as: the development of skills in music performance; research on communicating music expressiveness; the neurobiology of music; and music and medicine as applied to neuroscience. It is useful for students and scholars of music education. more...

Provides coverage of such topics as: the role of research in music education; philosophical method; qualitative research; quantitative research; historical methods; and assessment and its relationship to research. This collection is useful for students and scholars of music education. more...

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and it more than amply fills the gap in the the study of the blues, where the structure and content of the lyrics have been less fully explored than the musical form.
Focusing on the songs recorded by African-American singers for... more...

A comprehensive guide to Debussy's PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer. more...

A comprehensive guide to Verdi's IL TROVATORE, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer. more...

Though it has often been passionately criticized--as fraudulent, exploitative, even pagan--the American funeral home has become nearly as inevitable as death itself, an institution firmly embedded in our culture. But how did the funeral home come to hold such a position? What is its history? And is it guilty of the charges sometimes leveled against... more...

Part I: Context. 1. What is a Teaching Artist?. 2. Teaching Artists in the Arts Learning Ecosystem. 3. Guidelines for Teaching Artistry. 4. The Best Reason for Being a Teaching Artist. 5. Balancing the Two Economies of Today's Musician. Part II: The Overlooked Essentials. 6. Role Play: The Four Angles in Arts Learning. 7. Inside the Liminal Zone.... more...

A work-by-work commentary on the Bach cantatas by the world's most famous Bach scholar, now available in English and in paperback for the first time. It includes all the cantata librettos in German-English parallel text. An indispensable reference book for anyone listening to, performing in, or studying any of the Bach cantatas. - ;This is the... more...